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‘We are losing the Cape we have always loved’: Soaring home prices on Cape Cod put the pinch on longtime renters

Home prices are at all time highs, the housing stock has reached a historic low, and the Cape’s longtime residents — disproportionately those who occupy year-round rental properties — are being pushed to a breaking point.

Nursing shortage at hospitals leads to multimillion-dollar costs

The vacancy rate for nurse positions has more than doubled since before the pandemic, growing from 6.4 percent in 2019 to 13.6 percent in 2022.

An accord in Allston: Harvard and neighbors reach deal that will greenlight big development
Harvard, city officials, and Allston groups have reached a deal, brokered by Mayor Wu, to move ahead on the university's expansion plans in the neighborhood.

White nationalists increase attempts to recruit in New England

In Rhode Island, leaflets dropped near churches and schools indicate an uptick in activity among groups tied to a recent white supremacist march in Boston and the 2017 United the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Some Boston police officers have worked day-long shifts this summer, union says

Triple shifts remain relatively rare but are more common in the summer when the city holds a host of special events that require extra officers on duty, as was the case on two recent Saturdays, July 9 and June 25, a union leader said.

Aliases, a plastic surgery receipt, and six weeks on the run: How suspect in Vt. cyclist slaying got caught in Costa Rica
Kaitlin Armstrong fled Austin, Texas, in the wake of the May 11 murder of well-known off-road cyclist, Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, only to be arrested on June 29 in a laid-back coastal town.

The Jan. 6 panel on Tuesday.

Jan. 6 committee sends a warning shot to Trump over witness tampering

The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday highlighted the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally.

Jan. 6 panel focuses on reaction by extremists to Trump

The seventh Jan. 6 hearing on Tuesday drew a packed room in Washington.

4 takeaways from the 7th hearing of the Jan. 6 committee

A look at the texts Mark Meadows received on Jan. 6.

Committee reveals new text messages between former Trump campaign officials in aftermath of attack

Stephen Ayres, who entered the Capitol illegally on Jan. 6, 2021, speaks with former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone after the seventh public hearing.

Jan. 6 witness who participated in insurrection embraces, apologizes to officers

‘I honestly felt like crying.’ For local astronomers, first Webb telescope images elicit awe, wonder, and relief.
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and MIT, people who have devoted their careers to studying the cosmos, found themselves astounded Tuesday after seeing the first images from the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope.

Photos: NASA’s new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies

‘I cry nearly every day’: For refugees in Ukraine, survival is measured one day at a time
The Boston Globe spent eight days in western Ukraine speaking with people about how they’re coping amid the ongoing war and what’s next. This is the first in a series of dispatches from a nation under siege.

Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox pitched five shutout innings against Tampa Bay, throwing his fastball with more life than the one he featured last season.

Peter Abraham | RAYS 3, RED SOX 2

Chris Sale’s return to action proved satisfying in five shutout innings against Rays

“Nasty. He was nasty today,” catcher Christian Vazquez said. “That’s the Chris everybody knows.”

David Feldman, Sam Feldman, Janet Echelman, and Lilly Feldman stand outside the courts on Tuesday.

He’s having surgery for brain cancer Wednesday. But first, a match of father-son tennis.

David Feldman, 55, is undergoing surgery for glioblastoma on Wednesday. But he plans to continue competing in a father-son tennis tournament up until the surgery.

Natasha Rothwell and Murray Bartlett in HBO's "The White Lotus." Both were among the cast members receiving nominations.

MATTHEW GILBERT

What Emmy voters got right, and what they got wrong

The Emmys totally got it this year. Oh, and also, the Emmys totally blew it this year. That’s not uncommon. In recent years, the annual TV awards have managed to do both at the same time.

Opinion

The Adoption of the US Constitution in Congress at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1787, painted by John H. Froehlich in 1935.

IDEAS | TOM CHAFFIN

We should stop giving the Founding Fathers capital-letter reverence

The authors of the Constitution were brilliant, but deifying them plays into the dubious claims of the ‘originalist’ legal movement.

Don’t back down on abortion rights protection in Massachusetts

Informers on campus

Jan. 6 panel highlights an unhinged Trump White House

Joe Biden is not the man for this moment

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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Visually impaired man saved by two good Samaritans after falling into Boston Harbor
On the night of July 3, Isabella Scott was shooting a live video of her fiancé walking along the Fan Pier when he and his guide dog suddenly plunged into the water.

‘The education governor’: Healey touts big teacher’s union endorsement
Gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Maura Healey pushed her public education priorities in Worcester on Tuesday and hinted she would have a different relationship with teachers unions than Governor Charlie Baker.

16 of the most expensive homes for sale in Massachusetts
A 10-room estate on Nantucket hit the market earlier this month for a record-breaking $56 million — the highest price a home has ever been listed for on the island. But that's only one of several Massachusetts properties listed at stratospheric prices.

New England clam retailers waiting for mild red tide, prices to recede
Restaurants unable to source clams locally these past few weeks switched to Maine or Rhode Island clams, but clam beds are expected to reopen as soon as Wednesday.

Summer League: Celtics 103, Warriors 92

It won’t make you feel better, but Celtics hold off Warriors — in summer league game
Justin Jackson, who signed a 10-day contract with the Celtics last December, had a game-high 24 points.

Patriots trading receiver N’Keal Harry to Bears for future draft pick
The Patriots will receive a 2024 seventh-round pick in exchange for the struggling wideout.

Patriots tight end Matt LaCosse, 29, announces retirement

Recommended reads

Maria Rodriguez waited to catch a commuter rail train in the rain at the Porter Square MBTA station for her commute back home to Ayer one night after work last week.

Four hours commuting. Four hours on the job.

One woman’s commute to clean labs in Kendall Square highlights how the unreliable T is failing workers Greater Boston relies upon.

TECH LAB

For more drivers to go electric, EV chargers must level up
It’ll take a lot more fast charging stations to persuade many people to consider going electric. But they aren’t being installed fast enough.

Meet Molly White, the Mass. software engineer going after the crypto industry
White documents mishaps, failures, and scams in the industry on a website that is suddenly gaining wide attention.

‘I don’t think they’re going to make it.’ In only Mass. gubernatorial primary, Republicans face each other — and long odds.
Businessman Chris Doughty, a first-time and almost entirely self-funded candidate, is facing off against former Whitman state lawmaker Geoff Diehl, a Donald-Trump backed conservative who has trumpeted the former president's false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Will Swenson stars as Neil Diamond in "A Beautiful Noise."

In ‘A Beautiful Noise,’ Will Swenson is a sparkling Diamond

Inside "Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience," the new immersive art exhibit that opened July 8 at SoWa Power Station.

New immersive art exhibit, ‘Beyond King Tut,’ transports visitors back in time

Richard Tarantino, performing as Oxalis, plays his synthesizer on the lobby stage of the Museum of Science at the New England Synth Fest in June.

A spacey odyssey is in store when synthesizers take over Boston’s planetarium

Dakota Johnson stars in the upcoming film "Madame Web," which is filming in Boston this summer.

Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ to begin filming in Boston next week

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Might a penchant for palindromes be in our DNA?

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Two challenges, one column!

A mother walks her young son through the courtyard of United South End Settlements in Boston. The state tax relief bill would increase the child care and dependent care deduction from $180 to $310 per dependent and eliminate the two-dependent cap.

TOPIC: 11LEUNG

Renters, seniors, and the working poor: Beacon Hill doles out the tax breaks

A woman in Nicosia, Cyprus, Jan. 19. Cyprus has brought back compulsory mask-wearing in all indoor areas for everyone age 12 and over following a surge of COVID-19 infections. The government said Wednesday the infection spike is in line with a global trend that's mainly owed to the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the coronavirus.

Many countries have given us a preview of what’s to come with COVID subvariant BA.5. Prepare.

Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29 in Chevy Chase, Md.

For a Supreme Court justice, it can’t be ‘privacy for me’ and no right of protest for thee

District 5 City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo is running for Suffolk County district attorney. If he wins, he'd be the first Latino to occupy that office and, at 34, one of the youngest DAs ever elected in Massachusetts.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Mijente endorses Ricardo Arroyo in the Suffolk district attorney race. Here’s why that matters.

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

‘I honestly felt like crying.’ For local astronomers, first Webb telescope images elicit awe, wonder, and relief.

Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and MIT, people who have devoted their careers to studying the cosmos, found themselves astounded Tuesday after seeing the first images from the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope.

Two workers injured in Beacon Hill manhole explosion

A transformer exploded at Bowdoin and Cambridge streets shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, injuring two Eversource workers, according to officials.

Man sentenced to life in prison for double murder at Jamaica Plain housing development

Wilvin Guity-Beckels, 32, was convicted last month for the fatal shootings of 23-year-old Christopher Joyce and 58-year-old Clayborn Blair and the injury of a 4-year-old child on June 30 at the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments in 2018, officials said.

He’s having surgery for brain cancer Wednesday. But first, a match of father-son tennis.

David Feldman, 55, is undergoing surgery for glioblastoma on Wednesday. But he plans to continue competing in a father-son tennis tournament up until the surgery.

Sports

J.D. Martinez came in to Tuesday night’s game against the Rays batting .313/.380/.500 and nine home runs.

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox’ J.D. Martinez added to the American League All-Star team

Martinez, now a five-time All-Star, came into Tuesday's action leading the American League with 29 doubles.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke on a wide range of issues at summer league on Tuesday.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The NBA finalized some rule changes this week, but Adam Silver and Co. have their eye on bigger issues

Star player trade demands have become commonplace in the NBA, and the league is less than pleased.

Tampa Bay's Francisco Mejia scampers past Matt Strahm to score what proved to be the winning run in the sixth inning Tuesday night.

Rays 3, Red Sox 2

Red Sox throw away Chris Sale’s excellent debut in 3-2 loss to the Rays

A play featuring two throwing errors allowed the Rays to take the lead for good in the sixth inning.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Chris Sale’s return to action proved satisfying in five shutout innings against Rays

Major League Baseball notebook

Reds shock Yankees with four-run ninth inning

Evgeni Malkin re-ups with Penguins after all, signing a four-year, $24.4 million deal

Business

‘We are losing the Cape we have always loved’: Soaring home prices on Cape Cod put the pinch on longtime renters

Home prices are at all time highs, the housing stock has reached a historic low, and the Cape’s longtime residents — disproportionately those who occupy year-round rental properties — are being pushed to a breaking point.

Cost-of-living crisis to hit women hardest, report says

A cost-of-living crisis sparked in part by higher fuel and food prices is expected to hit women the hardest, the World Economic Forum reported Wednesday.

Russian, Ukrainian militaries set to discuss grain exports

US, allies aim to cap Russian oil prices to hinder invasion

magazine

Grilled Broccoli With Pistachio and Citrus Vinaigrette

Recipes: Charring broccoli, corn, and other vegetables on the grill

The writer (right) and her daughter, Glynne, leave the hospital after the writer’s last chemotherapy session.

Cancer kicks your butt, but it’s also a powerful lesson on appreciation

Salsa in Beverly's Lynch Park on Wednesday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 11-17

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? There's a fight over that.

metro

Marchers bearing the insignia of the white supremacist group Patriot Front parade through Boston Common on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Boston.

White nationalists increase attempts to recruit in New England

Nursing shortage at hospitals leads to multimillion-dollar costs

Maps: What to expect from potential severe storms Tuesday

sports

The Celtics' Mfiondu Kabengele had 20 points and 13 rebounds in the win over the Warriors.

It won’t make you feel better, but Celtics hold off Warriors — in summer league game

NBA stiffens transition take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament

Former Boston College star Johnny Gaudreau leaving Flames to join a deep NHL free agent class

business

A woman checks her credit cards at a gas station in Palatine, Ill., on June 30.

Surging gas prices likely drove US inflation to 40-year high

GE scraps plan for offshore wind-turbine blade factory in UK

Twitter sues to force Musk to complete his $44B acquisition

politics

President Biden saluted as he boarded Air Force One for a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia on July 12, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Biden heads to Mideast jittery about Iranian nuclear program

Trump planned march to Capitol, panel says

Biden seeks new chapter in troubled Middle East

Nation

The "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula are seen in an image divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion, with data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released July 12, 2022.

‘I honestly felt like crying.’ For local astronomers, first Webb telescope images elicit awe, wonder, and relief.

Federal employee satisfaction, engagement show steep drop under Biden

3 charged in scheme to sell stolen ‘Hotel California’ lyrics

World

Customers shop at a vegetable stall in the Capucin Market in Bordeaux, France, on May 27.

Cost-of-living crisis to hit women hardest, report says

Japan police find bullet marks near Abe assassination site

Russian, Ukrainian militaries set to discuss grain exports

opinion

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Asian American writers pay tribute to the life of Vincent Chin

Jan. 6 panel highlights an unhinged Trump White House

Joe Biden is not the man for this moment

lifestyle

835 Sea View Avenue, Osterville.

16 of the most expensive homes for sale in Massachusetts

We closed the distance gap only to break up

They talk for hours a day, but he has a girlfriend

food & dining

Kristie Sibley manages several of Kennebunkport's top restaurants.

The Kennebunkport Resort Collection’s Kristie Sibley on how to score a vacation table and the best type of lobster roll

Nonalcoholic tequila is finally good. Here are 6 worth trying.

Recipe: Reach the pinnacle of popsicle heaven with these icy strawberry-lime treats

travel

Travelers queued at security at Heathrow Airport in London in June.

London’s Heathrow Airport caps daily passenger numbers

A beginner’s guide to camping

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

Arts

Spanish artist Octavi Arrizabalaga works on one of his two new murals that overlook the parking lot at 144 Friendship Street in Providence.

New murals keep Providence Jewelry District’s past present

‘Touching roots’ and connecting cultural histories at the MFA

Patrick Kelly’s radical ‘Runway of Love’ at Peabody Essex Museum

Books

In a post-Trump world, can writing cure our politics?

Survival stories in ‘Dirtbag, Massachusetts’

A young woman brings light to her family, in 1930s Denver

Movies

Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in "Persuasion."

Review: Dakota Johnson’s quiet powers of ‘Persuasion’

Review: In ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,’ Lesley Manville says yes to the dress

Monty Norman, who gave 007 his theme music, dies at 94

Television

From left: Joel Kim Booster, Maya Rudolph, and Ron Funches in "Loot."

‘Loot’ has sparkle and is worth a watch

What Emmy voters got right, and what they got wrong

Partial list of Emmy Award nominees

music

Soprano Nicole Cabell sang Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" on Saturday night at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andris Nelsons.

Tanglewood opens with prayers floated and anxieties fleetingly shed

A spacey odyssey is in store when synthesizers take over Boston’s planetarium

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

Theater/Dance

Will Swenson stars as Neil Diamond in "A Beautiful Noise."

In ‘A Beautiful Noise,’ Will Swenson is a sparkling Diamond

Seen and heard at the theater: distinct voices, fresh perspectives

BODYTRAFFIC mirrors life’s darkness, light, and in-betweens at Jacob’s Pillow

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David Porat, 84, estimates he has repainted over 520 of Newton’s more than 2,500 fire hydrants.

‘It’s not a chore for me’: 84-year-old David Porat repaints Newton’s fire hydrants and makes them shine

Newton group applauds city land purchase for NewCAL; repeats opposition to demolition of Senior Center

Investigation continues into fire that destroyed historic Newton home Friday

Obituaries

Mr. Norman wrote songs and soundtracks for the theater and screen for decades.

Monty Norman, who gave 007 his theme music, dies at 94

Gerald McEntee, longtime president of AFSCME labor union, dies at 87

Francis X. Clines, lyrical writer for the Times, dies at 84